Items with tag “holiday traditions”

December 25, 2009, 8:00AM

Christmas, as the holiday jingle goes, is indeed a most wonderful time of the year. For believers, the celebration of Jesus' birth 2,000 years ago can't help but lift one's spirits beyond earthly struggles to focus on eternal matters. It's a time of putting others above self. A time to embrace the truth that "We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give." For nonbelievers and persons of other faiths, Christmas offers a day when goodness in peoples' hearts can be manifested in gifts, well-wishes and a deep and abiding concern for others. Full story »

December 25, 2009, 7:12AM

Only about 20 families participated in the inaugural "Deck the Gap" event this month -- a far cry from past outpourings of holiday spirit on the curvy mountain road linking Jones Valley with Big Cove. Full story »